Louis Secretan

{{short description|Swiss lawyer and mycologist}} '''Louis (Gabriel Abraam Samuel Jean) Secretan''' (15 September 1758 – 24 May 1839) was a Swiss lawyer, politician and mycologist. He published ''Mycologie Suisse'' in 1833, though the names are not regarded as valid unless republished by other authors.<ref>Rolf Singer, Robert E. Machol. - “Are Secretan's fungus names valid?”, Taxon, vol. 26, No 2/3 (May, 1977), pp. 251-255</ref> He was a member of the Swiss Academy of Sciences.<ref name=HDS>{{HDS|4793}}</ref> {{botanist|Secr.|inline=yes}}

==Early life and career== Secretan was born on 15 September 1758 in Lausanne to Pierre-Isaac Secretan, a lawyer, and Louise Rolaz du Rosey.<ref name=HDS/> He studied Law in Lausanne and at the University of Tübingen, where he received a doctorate in 1780, becoming a lawyer in 1782.<ref name=HDS/> Among his clients were Jacques Necker, Germaine de Staël and Benjamin Constant.<ref name=HDS/>

==Political career== Secretan began his political career as a member of the Council of Two Hundred of Lausanne.<ref name=HDS/> He later held a position in the government of the Helvetic Republic (1798-1803), supporting a unitary state and Jewish emancipation.<ref name=HDS/> After the end of the Republic, Secretan held various political and judicial offices in the new canton of Vaud and its capital, Lausanne.<ref name=HDS/> He was appointed member of the commission charged with drafting the Federal Treaty, the new Swiss constitution, in 1814.<ref name=HDS/> He served as a member of the Grand Council of Vaud from 1803 until his death on 24 May 1839, in Lausanne.<ref name=HDS/>

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